We will do a soft opening on Saturday, March 29th at 11 AM. Come see us! Thanks for your help in making this dream a reality and for supporting food security in the 🔺 Triangle 🔺 and beyond!


We will do a soft opening on Saturday, March 29th at 11 AM. Come see us! Thanks for your help in making this dream a reality and for supporting food security in the 🔺 Triangle 🔺 and beyond!
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Decluttering? Downsizing? Just want new stuff? Bring your old stuff to us at Mama Edna’s Thrift Shop in Cary at 1393 Maynard Rd SE Cary, NC 27511.
Help feed people, help save the 🌎 by ♻️ and help create more community, collaboration and compassion for the folks around us. 🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋
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Yesterday was a HUMONGOUS day!! A moving team and myself were able to empty the storage units so we are well ahead of tomorrow! We could absolutely use some VOLUNTEERS Sat/Sun the 22nd and 23rd to help clean furniture and home goods, sort and shelf books, unbox donations, help determine where things should land, all kinds of tasks…..even for an hour would be very helpful. I am onsite tomorrow from 11-5 and Sunday 2-6. Just show up if you can. Thanks for your support! 🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋
1393 Maynard Road SE Cary, NC 27511
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Please drop off donations from 11-4 today!! We are super psyched to begin this process to give back to our community.
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Folks, let’s be honest! We’re gonna need A LOT more money 💲💲💲 to feed folks in need across our beautiful state of North Carolina.
https://www.wunc.org/news/2025-03-14/usda-cancels-federal-funding-north-carolina-food-banks
Please donate TODAY!!!!
https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/donate-to-feed-more-folks
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Please help us in our fundraising efforts by contributing to our Zeffy campaign. Help us make a strong start and strong impact from the first day as so many folks are already in desperate need of food.
https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/donate-to-feed-more-folks
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Mama Edna McLamb was diagnosed with lung cancer in late 2012, a few short months after her 74th, Pink-Hair Birthday. In the early months of 2013, her children, husband and I took turns driving Mama Edna to appointments. During this time, we discovered that many folks with debilitating conditions are often alone and lack support and the financial means to sustain them before, during and post treatments.
We often juiced for Mama Edna and discovered how well her body responded, and in doing so, discovered how helpful this process was for so many folks who needed nutritional boosts in their diets. Thus, began the mission of paying it forward for Mama Edna. We bought several juicers in early 2013 before Mama Edna got her heavenly wings in May. It was then that we began our journey to creating an official nonprofit to honor her legacy of helping others. In August 2013, in the same week we got our finalized paperwork from Elaine Marshall’s office at the Secretary of State, friends in Jamestown, NC helped out by creating our first fundraiser full of music and food and juicing!!
Over the next decade, we bought many juicers for folks, spent lots of 💲money 💲 on fresh, organic 🥦 produce 🥒 for juicing and eating and sustaining folks. We grew mountains of wheat grass and delivered it to homes. We did in home demos of juicers and made folks comfortable with the process. We made trips to doctors offices with clients when no one else could go. We helped win some cancer battles and we lost a few, but every family felt that our support gave a better quality of life no matter the ultimate outcome.
In 2020 when COVID struck and everyone was isolated, we discovered there were folks in need of food and that 1 in 5 people in North Carolina were and STILL are suffering from food insecurity. Our aid became mostly food gift cards. Now, we are looking for the funding to open a 🌎♻️thrift store ♻️🌎to bring more awarenss and much more fundraising to the food security platform. From this spot is where our journey will continue…..(side note, Mama Edna loved pink and she loved butterflies, hence the logo.)
Please email us with any questions you have. Thanks so much for your support over the years and for your continued support as we make this dream a reality. 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋
Andrew Klutz, Co-Founder and CEO
Timothy McLamb, Co-Founder and Secretary (and 3rd child of 4)
Craig Eister, Treasurer and major donor
Don, Pam and Patti (children 1, 2 and 4) and major supporters
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This list will be tweaked a few more times as we discover what is right for our space, location, shoppers and our mission. Thanks for your patience. We will make an announcement soon once we begin taking donations. Please hang tight. 🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙
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